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Whodunnit, and why? All about criminal investigations and the forensic methods used to search for clues and collect evidence to get to the bottom of the crime.

Where Is E?
Where Is E? Eighteen Years Without Edmond Webster He was my brother's best friend. He became part of our family. In 2008, he disappeared, and almost two decades later, we're still waiting for answers.
By Dakota Denise about 2 hours ago in Criminal
Northern Myanmar’s Scam Industry Won’t Die in a Courtroom
CCTV aired A Record of the Fall of Telecom Fraud in Northern Myanmar . Many viewers felt relief. On screen, bosses who once ruled compounds with absolute authority have shaved heads, wear prison uniforms, and stand in court. Put their faces beside the wanted notices and little changes. Scroll back further and most came from ordinary backgrounds. Some ran small shops. Some drifted through casinos. Some ran errands along the border. Their common trait was location, guns, and connections. They dared to kidnap and defraud. In another place, without armed groups collecting protection money, without cross-border money laundering, without truckloads of young people tricked over, many might be street debt collectors, labor contractors, or small bosses.
By Jinabout 24 hours ago in Criminal
His Parents Said He Was Too Young to Understand. A Court Still Made Them Pay.
On August 27, 2025, in Liuyang, Hunan, a 9-year-old boy named Liu rode a bicycle along the south auxiliary road of Huapao Avenue. He turned right without warning and crossed the motor vehicle lane. Nie was riding a motorcycle in the same direction with Dai on the back. Nie could not stop in time. Both vehicles crashed. Three people were hurt. Two vehicles were damaged.
By Jinabout 24 hours ago in Criminal
Bart Whitaker, The Texas Son Who Planned His Family's Murder — And The Father Who Saved Him From Execution
On the evening of December 10, 2003, the Whitaker family of Sugar Land, Texas, went out to celebrate. Their oldest son, 23-year-old Thomas Bartlett “Bart” Whitaker, had told them he was about to graduate from Sam Houston State University, and his parents, Kent and Tricia, took him and his 19-year-old brother Kevin to dinner at a Pappadeaux restaurant in nearby Stafford. Bart unwrapped a Rolex watch, a graduation gift.
By Rare Storiesa day ago in Criminal
Myanmar Said No Chinese Died. Chinese Police Dug Up Three Bodies.
December 2023, Laukkai, Kokang, northern Myanmar. Fighter jets flew overhead. Explosions sent smoke up from positions in the distance.
By Jin2 days ago in Criminal
They Killed a Stranger to Seal a Deal. Then They Smiled in Court.
Chen Dawei told his men to find a stranger. Anywhere. His men dragged a man out of the dark room. The man was in solitary because he would not submit to the park’s discipline. Chen Dawei pushed him onto the sacrifice platform. Gunshot. Sworn brotherhood. Glasses filled. Someone asked what it felt like to shoot. Chen Dawei said, What feeling was needed? None.
By Jin2 days ago in Criminal
They Buried the Bodies. Then They Rebuilt the Scam Compounds.
On the evening of October 5, 2026, the three-part documentary The Downfall of Northern Myanmar’s Telecom Fraud Empire premiered on CCTV’s main channel. The Ministry of Public Security and China Media Group co-produced it. The team spent 10 months filming in 10 Chinese provinces, 18 cities, and Kokang in northern Myanmar.
By Jin3 days ago in Criminal
The Murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik
On 3 January 1970, George Brown and his ten-year-old son found the decomposing body of a young woman wearing a navy-blue skirt and white slip. She was lying on her back and had a winter coat on.
By Sam H Arnold3 days ago in Criminal
Stop Choosing the Bear. Become the Bear.
Stop Choosing the Bear. Become the Bear. Cornell University, sexual assault, 57 men in a group chat, more than 1,200 reports, and a system that keeps asking victims to carry the burden of everyone else's choices.
By Lilithea Adasia4 days ago in Criminal
He Told No One He Was Flying to Thailand. Then His Phone Appeared in Myanmar.
On September 24, Shanghai. After the last class, Wang Qi folded the music stand, put the trumpet back into its black case, and snapped the case shut. He turned off the light in the practice room. At the end of the hallway, the security guard lifted his chin. Wang Qi nodded. In the underground garage, he parked in his usual spot. There was no suitcase in the trunk. He sat in the driver’s seat and set the navigation to Pudong International Airport. Spring Airlines flight 9C8755, to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. He did not tell his mother. He did not tell his colleagues. He did not tell his friends.
By Jin5 days ago in Criminal
A broken test tube in Siberia killed one person. Then came the silence.
On September 25, 2025, at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Russia, 28-year-old laboratory assistant Darya Shipilova broke a test tube during an operation. The tube contained live plague bacteria. She inhaled aerosols.
By Jin5 days ago in Criminal
A Pregnant Woman Brake-Checked Him. He Kicked Her Scooter. Then the Police Got the Video.
On September 29, in Hengyang, Hunan, a dashcam video spread across Chinese social media just before National Day. A woman four months pregnant rode a two-wheeled motorcycle slowly in the middle lane. The car behind flashed its lights. She did not move over. After the car overtook her, she caught up at the next intersection, cut in front of it, slowed it down, and stopped at a green light to block it. The driver got out, walked quickly, and kicked the motorcycle. It flipped. She fell in the middle of the road.
By Jin6 days ago in Criminal